statesmanship

Example Sentences

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The opera offers a look at how the Civil War ended with high-minded statesmanship.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

But not Mr. Carney, who passes off conventional wisdom as bold truth-telling and mistakes empty moralizing for statesmanship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

He was in his later years hailed for his integrity and statesmanship.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025

He was garlanded with praise from the prime minister down for what was seen as a brave act of statesmanship.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2024

If the Adams brand of statesmanship was now an anachronism—and it was—then the Adams presidency would serve as a fitting monument to its passing.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis